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Article: WE HAVE ADVANTAGE PORTFOLIO BUT PEPSI AHEAD IN INDIA: COKE CEO.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- March 24, 2008
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NEW DELHI, March 24 Asia Pulse - American cola giant Coca Cola has said that rival Pepsi is slightly ahead but the Atlanta-based company is determined to push India among its top five markets on the strength of its "advantage portfolio" here.
"By the way, Pepsi is slightly ahead of us. But the issue is total business. Cola-to-cola, we are ahead. Every sub-category like lemon and orange, we are ahead. Four out of top five brands are ours," said Neville Isdell, Chairman and CEO of Coca Cola.
Recalling the strategy adopted by the company way back in 1993 of buying Limca, Thumps Up and Maaza from Ramesh Chauhan, Mr Isdell said "it's a real mixture of three ...